Sensors for Human Safety Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 18809
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis of novel sensing materials; nanostructured materials for chemical and electrochemical sensing; metal oxide semiconductor-based gas sensors; biosensors; fabrication of chemical sensors; environmental sensors; automotive gas sensors; biomedical sensors
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Interests: Biomaterials; Biosensors; Chemical Sensors; Materials Science
Interests: nanotechnology; self-assembly; sensors; nanomedicine; functional coatings; renewable energy production and chemical storage; aerosols; flame synthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Human health is one of the main focuses of research in technology and medicine, as they can greatly increase life expectancy and make life easier for people with diseases. These two fields—technology and medicine—complement each other, and the highlights of one sometimes come hand-in-hand with the other. That is what exactly happens with sensors applied to human health monitoring.
The new generation of chemical and physical sensors can be used for detecting a variety of diseases by non-invasive methods, such as the measurement of volatile organic compounds in the exhaled human breath and biomarkers in saliva which are much safer and less painful for the patients than traditional invasive methods. Similarly, fiber-optic sensors are helpful for surgeons to precisely identify the diseased part of the organ to be operated on without needing to anesthetize the patient. The other advantages of such sensors include lower power consumption by enabling miniaturization and portability, cost effectiveness, ease of use, and ability to be connected to the Internet of Things.
This Special Issue aims to provide the current state-of-the-art of every kind of chemical and physical sensor, such as optical, conductometric, gravimetric, electrochemical, MEMS, and so on, which find potential applications in the field of modern medical technology for health, safety, home rehabilitation, assessment of treatment efficacy, and early detection of disorders. We also aim to address future challenges and obstacles that need to be surpassed in order to achieve the highest efficiency in human health monitoring.
Therefore, contributions to this Special Issue may include, but are not limited to:
- Novel sensing techniques for the non-invasive measurement of biomarkers in breath and other physiological body fluids
- Sensors for the early detection of disorders
- New insights into sensors providing information on the physiological state of people
- Recent advances in sensor materials, properties, and device concepts for the non-invasive monitoring of chemical and physical body parameters
- Optical sensing fiber-optic distributed sensors
- Semiconductor gas sensors for breath analysis
- Electrochemical sensors for the label-free detection of biomolecules
- Miniaturized chemical sensors and MEMS sensor technologies for human health care
- Point-of-care (POC) sensors
- Biomedical application of wearable and wireless sensor technology
- Communication technology and data analysis techniques applied to medical sensors
Prof. Giovanni Neri
Prof. Chinnathambi Sekar
Prof. Antonio Tricoli
Dr. Nehru Lavanya
Guest Editors
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